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Rmeden: tested procedure, made a few tweaks.

2022-03-11T01:19:37Z

tested procedure, made a few tweaks.

Rmeden at 17:16, 2 October 2021

2021-10-02T17:16:19Z

Rmeden at 16:09, 2 October 2021

2021-10-02T16:09:44Z

Rmeden at 00:51, 6 April 2020

2020-04-06T00:51:24Z

Rmeden at 23:13, 5 April 2020

2020-04-05T23:13:04Z

Rmeden at 17:27, 3 October 2017

2017-10-03T17:27:08Z

Rmeden: Procedures works!

2014-08-06T06:10:57Z

Procedures works!

Rmeden: add additional modules

2014-08-05T22:56:08Z

add additional modules

Rmeden at 05:32, 16 June 2014

2014-06-16T05:32:18Z

Bilbo uk: For clarity

2014-06-15T07:45:27Z

For clarity

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 . Verify your Strawberry install by opening a windows command prompt (cmd.exe) and executing "perl -v". (You type "exit" to close the command prompt.)
-. Drill down the [http://files.xmltv.org XMLTV Sourceforge Distribution site] and grab the latest non-Win32 XMLTV distribution (for example: xmltv-0.5.65.tar.bz2.
+. Drill down the [https://github.com/XMLTV/xmltv/releases XMLTV Github Release Page] and grab the latest source code release.
-. Extract tar.bz2 source tree to a local directory (I use c:\xmltv) .  I use [http://www.7-zip.org/ 7-Zip].  Note, you may have do it twice (first unzip to .tar, then to folder.
+. Extract the file to a local directory (I use c:\xmltv) .  I use [http://www.7-zip.org/ 7-Zip].  Note, you may have do it twice (first unzip to .tar, then to folder.
 . Open a windows command prompt (cmd.exe) and CD to the local directory you specified above (e.g. c:\xmltv).
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     cpan XML::Twig
     cpan Tk
-    cpan Tk::TableMatrix  -- currently fails.. only needed for tv_check
+    cpan Tk::TableMatrix
     cpan HTTP::Cache::Transparent
     cpan DateTime
     cpan DateTime::Format::ISO8601
     cpan XML::Writer
     cpan XML::TreePP
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     cpan Switch
     cpan HTML::FormatText
     cpan LWP::UserAgent::Determined
     cpan URI::Encode
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 . Build XMLTV normally 'gmake'
-. You can test XMTLV if you wish 'gmake test', but I fail 2/5 programs, 26/125 subtests
+. You can test XMTLV if you wish 'gmake test', but I fail on a bunch of tests... still seems to work.
 . Install to strawberry's bin folder with 'gmake install'  (it will fail, but important stuff is there)

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:16, 2 October 2021
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−	Historically, one of the trickier tasks for XMLTV has been installing Perl and all the necessary modules for Windows. The situation has been made much better with the release of the Windows XMLTV distribution that includes a prepackaged ~~PERLApp~~ executable called XMLTV.EXE.	+	Historically, one of the trickier tasks for XMLTV has been installing Perl and all the necessary modules for Windows. The situation has been made much better with the release of the Windows XMLTV distribution that includes a prepackaged executable called XMLTV.EXE.

	There are times when folks would like to run native XMLTV or other Perl programs on Windows. This Page documents the process I followed to do it using Strawberry Perl.		There are times when folks would like to run native XMLTV or other Perl programs on Windows. This Page documents the process I followed to do it using Strawberry Perl.

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	cpan DateTime::Format::SQLite		cpan DateTime::Format::SQLite
	cpan LWP::UserAgent::Determined		cpan LWP::UserAgent::Determined
		+	cpan URI::Encode

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     cpan Switch
     cpan HTML::FormatText
 . Execute 'gmake clean' (older versions used dmake) and then 'perl Makefile.PL'  again... repeat step 6 until you're happy.

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 . Execute "perl Makefile.PL".  Look for the XMLTV utility you would like to use.  Is it already "yes" to include? If not, answer the questions and note the modules the Makefile.PL says you need to include.
-. I installed the prerequisites with these commands.  You only need to do the ones you need. ( I prefer ppm over CPAN )
+. I installed the prerequisites with these commands.  You only need to do the ones you need.
-    ppm install Date::Manip
+    cpan Date::Manip
-    ppm install XML::DOM
+    cpan XML::DOM
-    ppm install XML::Twig
+    cpan XML::Twig
-    ppm install Tk
+    cpan Tk
-    ppm install Tk::TableMatrix
+    cpan Tk::TableMatrix  -- currently fails.. only needed for tv_check
     cpan HTTP::Cache::Transparent
     cpan DateTime

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     cpan HTML::FormatText
-. Execute 'dmake clean' and then 'perl Makefile.PL'  again... repeat step 6 until you're happy.
+. Execute 'gmake clean' (older versions used dmake) and then 'perl Makefile.PL'  again... repeat step 6 until you're happy.
-. Build XMLTV normally 'dmake'
+. Build XMLTV normally 'gmake'
-. You can test XMTLV if you wish 'dmake test', but I fail 2/5 programs, 26/125 subtests
+. You can test XMTLV if you wish 'gmake test', but I fail 2/5 programs, 26/125 subtests
-. Install to strawberry's bin folder with 'dmake install'  (it will fail, but important stuff is there)
+. Install to strawberry's bin folder with 'gmake install'  (it will fail, but important stuff is there)
 . *PROFIT*   (for example, cd to another directory and type tv_grab_na_dd --configure )
 We should work on fixing the test and install parts of the Makefile for windows! :)

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−	~~ IN PROGRESS ~~
−
	Historically, one of the trickier tasks for XMLTV has been installing Perl and all the necessary modules for Windows. The situation has been made much better with the release of the Windows XMLTV distribution that includes a prepackaged PERLApp executable called XMLTV.EXE.		Historically, one of the trickier tasks for XMLTV has been installing Perl and all the necessary modules for Windows. The situation has been made much better with the release of the Windows XMLTV distribution that includes a prepackaged PERLApp executable called XMLTV.EXE.

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	We should work on fixing the test and install parts of the Makefile for windows! :)		We should work on fixing the test and install parts of the Makefile for windows! :)
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−	~~Activestate Notes ( not working yet)~~
−
−	~~downlaod activeperl 5.16 (5.18 doesn't have a complete ppm library)~~
−
−	~~ppm install mingw~~
−	~~ppm install Date::Format~~
−	~~ppm install Date::Manip~~
−	~~ppm install DateTime~~
−	~~ppm install File::Slurp~~
−	~~ppm install HTTP::Cache::Transparent~~
−	~~ppm install IO::Scalar~~
−	~~ppm install SOAP::Lite~~
−	~~ppm install Tk~~
−	~~ppm install XML::DOM~~
−	~~ppm install XML::LibXML~~
−	~~ppm install XML::Twig~~
−	~~ppm install XML::Writer~~
−	~~ppm install Lingua::EN::Numbers::Ordinate~~
−	~~ppm install Lingua::Preferred~~
−	~~ppm install Term::ProgressBar~~
−	~~ppm install Unicode::String~~
−	~~ppm install DateTime::Format::Strptime~~
−	~~ppm install DateTime::Format::ISO8601~~
−	~~cpan install Tk::TableMatrix~~

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	We should work on fixing the test and install parts of the Makefile for windows! :)		We should work on fixing the test and install parts of the Makefile for windows! :)
		+
		+
		+	Activestate Notes ( not working yet)
		+
		+	downlaod activeperl 5.16 (5.18 doesn't have a complete ppm library)
		+
		+	ppm install mingw
		+	ppm install Date::Format
		+	ppm install Date::Manip
		+	ppm install DateTime
		+	ppm install File::Slurp
		+	ppm install HTTP::Cache::Transparent
		+	ppm install IO::Scalar
		+	ppm install SOAP::Lite
		+	ppm install Tk
		+	ppm install XML::DOM
		+	ppm install XML::LibXML
		+	ppm install XML::Twig
		+	ppm install XML::Writer
		+	ppm install Lingua::EN::Numbers::Ordinate
		+	ppm install Lingua::Preferred
		+	ppm install Term::ProgressBar
		+	ppm install Unicode::String
		+	ppm install DateTime::Format::Strptime
		+	ppm install DateTime::Format::ISO8601
		+	cpan install Tk::TableMatrix